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Burl Loving did his Navy basic training at Great Lakes [Annotator’s Note: Naval Station Great Lakes near Chicago,...

Rivers Richardson King thought the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] dive bomber was very...

William C. Ellzey was born in September 1922 in Agricola, Mississippi. The oldest of nine children, he grew up on a 40-...

Harold Rosen took part in a simulation that was supposed to help them get ready for their next invasion. He recalls...

When they left Guam, Walter Jacobs suffered acute tonsillitis and had to go to the hospital. He was still there when...

When the war ended, Marvin Hill was still serving in the Pacific, and was sent first to Darian, Manchuria to assist in...

Frank Lloyd Pryor was born in Wilson, Oklahoma in January 1926. His father worked as a telegraph operator for a...

When Claire Maddox went into the service [Annotator's Note: in the summer of 1943], he had the option to pick any of...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

Lyle Mitchell wanted to stay working for the Navy after the war, but they cut his pay. He went back to Rochester [...

William Winter assumed that after finishing OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] he would be sent to an...

When James McCorriston left the hospital, he was assigned to the USS Fall River (CA-131), then he left the Navy. He...

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